Christmas preparations seem to arrive earlier each year but that may not be a bad thing, according to psychology experts.

People who crack out the tinsel and fairy lights the soonest may simply be more nostalgic and in touch with their inner child.

Putting up your decorations earlier may make you feel happier, by helping you toreconnect with a time before the stresses and strains of adult life.

Steve McKeown, psychoanalyst, founder of MindFixers and owner of The McKeown Clinic, based in St Albans, is a believer in getting into the Christmas spirit as early as possible.

Scrooges may be depriving themselves of lost feelings of joyful innocence by bemoaning the arrival of the festive season, he says.

Speaking to UniLad, Mr McKeown said: ‘Although there could be a number of symptomatic reasons why someone would want to obsessively put up decorations early, most commonly for nostalgic reasons either to relive the magic or tocompensate for past neglect.

symptomaticは症状を見せるという形容詞です。

‘In a world full of stress and anxiety people like to associate to things that make them happy and Christmas decorations evoke those strong feelings of the childhood.

‘Decorations are simply an anchor or pathway to those old childhood magical emotions of excitement.

‘So putting up those Christmas decorations early extend the excitement!’

Previous research has also found that decorating the outside of your house makes you appear more friendly to your neighbours.

believer (noun)

Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” a person who has a religious belief or who strongly believes that something is right or good: “ というふうに記載されています。

例文：

Harvey’s a great believer in health food.

I’m a great believer in healthy eating and exercise.

I’m a great believer in allowing people to make their own mistakes.

I’m a believer in the public’s right to know.

scrooge (noun)

Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” someone who spends as little money as possible and is not generous “ と記載されていますね。

Macmillan Dictionaryによると” to complain or say that you are disappointed about something “ と記載されていますね。

例文：

teenagers bemoaning the lack of leisure facilities in the town

Researchers at universities are always bemoaning their lack of funds.

To relive (verb)

Cambridge Dictionaryによると” to remember clearly an experience that happened in the past: “というふうに記載されていますね。

例文：

Whenever I smell burning, I relive the final moments of the crash.

She and I like to reminisce and relive the good-old days.

To compensate (verb)

Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” to provide something good or useful in place of something or to make someone feel better about something that has failed or been lost or missed “ と ” to pay someone money in exchange for something that has been lost or damaged or for some problem: “ というふうに記載されています。

例文：

Nothing will ever compensate for his lost childhood.

We were late and I was driving fast to compensate.

This payment more than compensates for what we’ve lost.

I took her swimming to compensate for having missed out on the cinema.

neglect (noun/verb)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” the failure to give someone or something the care or attention that they need “ と記載されていますね。

例文：

the need to protect children from abuse and neglect

Over the years the church has fallen into a state of neglect.

parents who neglect their children

To associate (verb)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to form a connection in your mind between different people or things “ と記載されています。